The Sun. — London, England, 1826-07-26 00:00:00

SPTIIIT or THE PUBLIC JOMINALS. It seems to be confirmed.. that the Spanish King Fer dinand is struck with horror at the gift of a eharter to ,Portugal, "by his unnatural neighbour Don Pedro. The jealous Monarch takes for granted that his own subjects Sitntiet duly appreciate the blessing,s which under his mild and legitimate administration they have so uninterruptedly! enjoyed ; but that they Will be new-flingled and tasteless enough to envy the Portugliese their trumpery coestitu tion. This is a bad compliment to the charms of legiti macy, or to the discernment and gratitude of Spain: If it be true, as we have had it repeatedly asserted, that the great bulk of. the Spanish nation loved their old Govern— ment, and were averse to changes, which only a handful ref half-witted revolutionists had ever thought of wpm- Plishing, what Mischief can happen to his Catholie iestY i or to the Monks who guide him, from 'the sitting HP of a worse form of policy, .and one less liked by the .. ds ripanuir ,in a eeighbouring State ? The juxta position, one might suppose, would but help to show off the supe rior beauties of paternal government, and gain prose : lytes to legitimacy, instead of diminishing its partizans.--. However, a fact hat; just transpired, which may have tended in some degree to shake the confidence of King Ferdinand in the strength of the..good old! cause, whtm brought to the test, of national feeling among the Spaniards ; for it ,appears that the constitution, when proclaimed at Lisbon on the 13th inst. was received with the loudest demonstrations of joy. This intelligence rests on the authority of an express arrived at Paris last . Sunday from the Portuguese capital. From Spain itself the ac counts are unquestionable which state the extreme 1111, easiness of the Court of Madrid at the contiguity of a free eonstitution. In • composing the Upper Chamber, Don Pedro is described as attempting a plausible contrivance, by naming to the rank of Peers all those members of the high nobility and clergy who had been previously signaliz ed for their attachment to the Queen of Portugal. By • this piece of ingenuity it is presumed that the said Peers, whether lay 'or clerical, will be bought off, and the Queen's party weakened in the same proportion. We are always doubtful of the success of Such compromises: the men so raised are never grateful; and when made in dependent of; the power which appointed them, seldom fail to Apply their new means to the indulgence of their former prepossessions. As for the constitution itself, it is said to have been of British manufacture, through Sir Charles Stuart. We hope, therefore, that if his Ex sae," h as pl e d ge d his Government in any ostensible shape to a transaction so important, he will have done it in a manner too dexterotis to provoke a similar dis. avowal to that which was inflicted on him a few months ago. That a free constitution effected any where by , 1 English interference Would be an object of jealousy to certain other Powers, will be believed on slight authority. To make one man free who was before in bondage, no matter what his colour or his clime, is a direct encroachment on the soil of despotism, and like land redeemed from the ocean, becomes a chosen mark for the fury of that fretful 'and vindictive element. Whatever ability Sir C. Stuart possesses; will, it is probable, be called into full play, k by the representatioits of the Spanish Court to its Royal Allies, on this veil alarming event, But the thing . has, in one respect, been cautiously managed. There is no. hitch, in ;t; mottos operandi has been aecundant orient;' the means employed have been furnished by legitimate precedent; due care. has been had that time great " mo narchieul principle" should he rigorously enforced, hi this extinction of arbitrary Government---sfor no right what ever was claimed for the people of Portugal--the Royal origin of all earthly . power was' gravely ,and punctiously implied. The King (before his abdication) gave his sub-, jects liberty,' which we are told can never be a valid pos session to arty people, except the manner of obtaining the boon be such as involves an acknowledgment that they had no rig/ii to ask it! The logic of autocracy is not un worthy of so ancient and original a school. As a report sufficiently curious to he mentioned, we may notice that of some progress having been made a abort time back in a scheme of Representativ'e Government for the Spaniards, under the joint auspices of Mr. Canning and of the Duke del Incanted° ! but that it was defeated, as indeed such a league was sure to he, by the influence of the courtiers and of the clergy, When the Spaniards de serve liberty they will achieve it.-7lntes: The public will have noticed by a recent Gazette, that there were in circulation, on the Bth inst., notes of the Bank of England, under 61., to the amount of 1,358,000/.; and all the commercial, world are asking, where do es thi s sort of money efretilate? It is not known in the city—it is not seen among the hunkers—commerce therefore re sinire& it not—the .cireelating medium among merehanmts and men of bosincsa has become more sound and solid than before. Sovereigns and large 111 AI 'S have in their tialtsactions essefried the place IViti,•ll they ought 4ways to have occupied,' and have expelled on one side long winded bills of eSchenge; on the other, this trash of small notes. On examining a little more closely, it up pears that it is the Treasury ---the paper-deprecating, gold restoring Treasury, with Lord Liverpool at its head, and other Government offices, that pay' their dependants in this base currency; andby them is it sent through the king dom. If it was the bona fde wish of Mr. Robertson to give the poorer classes of the nation the benefit of a, me tallic currency, he would call for gold from the Bank of England, and show time Merchants and country bankers that he himself believed the doctrines which he defended. The Finance Minister ought at least to have left to other hands, a work eo inconsistent with all his own declared It gives us ,much pleasure to observe, that the moldier 1 of bankrupts is tlecressing. iii last Ttiesday's Gazette i there were only ten, sod the same number on Friday. There have not been so few any ,we week for tin: last six months. On Saturday, the, 2Stli of January last, there were no less than sixty. Now,if an increase of the num ber of bankruptcies is a proof of the unprosperotat state of the country, a decrease must likewise be a proof of its prosperity. Should this prosperous state of affairs eon. untie—and prosperous certainly it may be called to a eel.- tain extent, it is probable that we shall have another pros» perity speech from Mr. Robinson, at the opening of Par. linment'^-4 speech similar to that notable one which has given hint a new cognomen, as effectually as if it had been granted by Royal authority, and published in the Gaunt. " Parliament,' said he, on that occasion, " the true Source of such general happiness, may enjoy the proud, the 'delightful satisfaction, of looking round upon the face of ajoyona country, smiling in plenty, and animated with what I hoped to see—uurestrieted industry, content, corn. fort,.prosperity and order, hand in hand, dispense front the ancient portals of a Constitutional monarchy their in. estimable bleSsinga among 41. ia , . }ppy, united, and in it never be forgotten—a grateful people. ' We si) 11' trely hope, h owev er, that if he should boast of the country, lie will eanfine himself to pro:Verity of the plain language, and avoid all allusion to the " ancient portals," and the hand• in-hand march of industry, content, comfort, prosperity, and order. Such language in a. financial statement only Mr. Robinson ought to recollect that th ere excites. ridicule. are a great many people on the look.out for such foolish expressions—people who envy him his 'situation', ' who covet the ,good things in Church and State as eitgerlir as h e can do himself, and who gladly lay hold of such an opportunity of turning him and his plans into contempt. . Lie must know, that there are many on the Opposition benches who woul d Wil li ngly ch an g e sides with bim, and there are writers too who. would have no objection to some of those places and pensions which they now rail Why, therefore, should against so b itterly'. . h . he put him. f at. envious spirit which self in their power, and gr a t .4- Y 1 ' d b leads. them to seize every occasion to torment an barites him ? Resides the folly of affording them sixth a lian e, there is the greatest absurdity in giving 4, fi nrincial state ment in such flowery and bombastical languag ,r . It ean only tend to involve in mystery things which ought to be stated clearly, and Made intelligible to every man in the kingdom. When the. present diltaiss, therefore, shall have subsided, .vvheititi4a4i niiite urn: for the better , -----,. /:::,- 7 7' . il;7#l . , ', ; i ..""''art ,4 o\ ..41. and the country resumes its -fair position, we trust that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in his financial state ment, will profit from the experience of the , Session' be fore the last., and avoid those poetical quotations and classical allusions which have hitherto formed sea promi nent parts of his speech.---Marning Herald. The publication of Mr. Beaumont's letter to Earl Grey, and the consequent correspondence, which has appeared in all the papers, is one of the most unjustifiable proceed ings we ever witnessed; and carries upon the face of it all the sourness, resentment, and disappointment of modern Whigism, 'which spares neither friend .nor foe to gratify those amiable propensities. Had such a violation of com mon decorum been put in'practice by any one in the con fidence or support of Government, what an indignant blustering and canting bewailing we should have witnessed both from the Whig and Radical Press ; but now, forsooth, it is coolly justified on the ground of Mr. Beaumont's hard knocks at these same Whigs. There was no period when such an exposure of private scandal, and that of the most loathsome description, could have been justifiable; but could it ever have been palliated, it would have been by its publication previous to the Northumberland election,' on the result of which it would, in all probability, have had a serious effect. But even in that case, the end never could have justified the means; and how much less can it now be justified, as the angry off-scouring of private pique and resentment? •We would fain draw a curtain over an event, in which the privacy of domestic life is assailed in a manner so destitute of excuse or feeling ; and should not have recurred to the subject at all, had we not seen attempts made to justify it, which only aggravate its in justice.--Morning Herald. It is to be feared that many of the charitable institutions in this country are productive of more detriment than ad vantage. In some of them the funds are shamefully mis appropriated, and instead of being spent on the objects of clearity for whom they were intended, they are wasted in the support of the individuals at the bead of the establish ments. Not only has much of this species of embezzle ment been practised on our charities, but great injury has resulted to the morals of the poor, from the inconsiderate manner in which they are managed. In no case is this more remarkable thanaii the hospitals, where there are immense numbers Oriions with trifling complaints— some even with no coniplaint at all, who might be em ployed in useful labour for their own support and that of their families. It may seem paradoxical to assert that men would reduce themselVes so low as to enter an hospital for the sake of the poor pittance allowed to the sick ; and it may he thought an additional proof of the distress of the times, when we assert that the hospitals are at present full of persons,who would never have enter ed them if. it had not been to eat the bread of idleness.— Members of benefit societies are in the habit, When resi dent in an hospital, of receiving a weekly allowance, which enables them to live better there than if employed out of doors; 'and it it but too well known to such societies how ready many of their members are to affect sickness occa., sionally. The present certainly is not a moment when any' of the means for' supporting the poor ought to be cur tailed; but it is surely proper to investigate the subject, in order to prevent the idle from reaping the fruits tended for the industrious and unfortunate. • People arc not aware to what extent, in other particulars as well as this, the abusei of charitable funds have been carried. They can' -not 'imagine= how far the hypocritical swindler ties been enabled to leiry Contributions on the public, un der, the mask of sacred or benevolent purposes. The faci lity Of deception in the case of What is called penny-ii-week contributions, is' toe glaring to need comment. But the whole system should be modified at the present moment. The period •in which we live is one which calls for economy in charity ; 'and In a scene of . public distress like the pre seitt,'why should 'we persist in sending Bibles and Mis sionaries abroad; when men are dying at home, leaving all hopes, present, or future, for want of bodily subsistence ? In Order to be truly charitable,, there ought to be es scale of importance fire every Object, awl one (dicta ought - not to be magnified beyondits due proportion, Would the member of a Bible Society act wisely in sending a starving man a Bible instead of a loaf ? Would he act wisely, even for those purposes which helms in view, if he'did not stip ' ply first the more immediate want, and turn afterwards to those other Objects which can only be accomplished while the lamp of life continues to burn ?' We do not hesitate, therefore, in saying that the funds of Bible and Missionary Societies ,ought at this moment to be appropriated to the relief of the distress of Our own population, instead of going, as they do in many cases, to the support of enthit mastic field-preachers. ; Let UK not be understood as wish ing to throw disrespect on these institutions : quite the contrary. We respect the 'religions feelings' of all men, and we sincerely approve the doctrines of the Protestant faith; but we cannot approve the misdirection of their Religion lutibeen useful even in a political point of view, in supporting the poor under their miseries and restraining them from illegal violence. We hope that the efforts which have been used for this purpose will not slacken, but will be increased ; and tqe wish them every success, consistent with our principles, and with the interests of the Established Church. The regular Clergy will not fall short in this respect - of the zeal of the sectarians, and their efforts to our minds are more according to knowledge.— Without in anywise compromising the faith of their fore fathers, they suffer eireumstancea to weigh with them, and attend to the spirit more than the letter of scriptural in struction. To the enthusiast in religion, this may appear lukewarmness ; to us it evinces sound judgment and true religion. Those who direct the immense establishments connected with religious dissent, however disincli ne d t h e y may be to retest, even for a single hour, in their efforts to increase. Missionary :lkssociations and Bible Societies, would do well to coniiider whether it might not be advan tageous, in such a case as the present, to discharge at least a large portion of their supernumerary preachers and others receiving stipends front their funds, in order to apply them to the alleviation of distresses, the continuance of which would remove so many from all chance of receiving benefit from their spiritual exhortations,s—British :Press. LAW INTELLIGENCE. COURT OF CHANCERY, JULY 25. ItatIiNVIIILD V. VOLAILTS. A motion was made in this cause to dissolve the injunction which had been granted against the defendant. ' It appeared from the statement of Mr. 1 - fart, Counsel for the plaintiff, that in On. toiler, 1823, Messrs. Rothschild made a purchase of bullion, to the amount of 200,0001, from Mr. Alcedo, a South American mer. chant. The bullion had been consigned to him by certain persons abroad, and consisted partly of dollars, and partly of hare of silver. The purchaser agreed to pay a portion of the amount in cash, and for the remainder a certain quantity of French stock, equivalent to the value of the money, was to be tratusferred to the name of M. AlcAmdo. Before, however, the is tter part of the transaction could be, completed, M.' Alcedo became bankrupt, and the present de. fendant was appointed his assignee. Mr. Rothschild had no ob. jection to complete the contract ; but ha was advised that if he did so he might incur some responsibility as towards the principals by whom the bullion had been transmitted, and that ha could not act, safely without the directions of the Court. The Loan CHANT/MI.OR, after hearing time arguments of Counsel for all parties;- ordered the injunction to be dissolved, and the rented to be transferred to the defendant. Mr. HART submitted that the Court would also order the $lB - to take care of the interests of the parties who might been. titled to it, and who could not he before the Court. The Loan Coaxes:l44a saw no occasion to make any specific order on the subject. The assignee must deal with the property a " ° " li ng to law, and would of course be responsible for any mis application. VI CE - CRANCELLOR'St COURT, J(ILY 25. Iti mt cmit.--41 4 notroALL . V.,' SPtlliatXtte Mr. Cot moved in this eitse, on the part of' the defendant, for leave to file a supplemental. answer. It WM ft bill filed for the payment of 4 tithe of :2.5. 941, in the pound, fiir premises in the rectory of St. Miens. The defendant had in his answer grounded his resistance to the demand on the non-enrolment of the act of H e nry VIII. ; but *into that answer Wee - filed, be had discovered by the answer put in by the Leathor-sellers' Company, who were defendants in another tithe case, at the suit of the same plaintiff; that previously to the act of Henry VIII. Am* cite tvideticA t►f a money payment in lieu of tithes for these. particular premittee, which were part of property held by the Leather-sellers' Com pany. The liftflavit on which this motion rested, stated that the defendant had, in the manner before mentioned, discovered that before the 'dissolution of monasteries, in the reign of Henry VIII. and before the passing of the tithe act, there had been a money payment of Bs. 3d. a year, paid' to the Prioress of St. Helens, at the rate of 2s. Old, per quarter, m lieu of the tithes of these premisc*. The affidavit farther stated, that the deponent had reason to believe that he would be able to maintain this as a good defence of the plaintiff's claim. He (Mr. Coe) therefore hoped the Court would grant this application, as it would not put the plaintiff, as far as the justice of his case, in a worse situation than he was before. The VICE-Pusatevaa.na....-The difficulty in this case is, Mr. Coe, that this is seeking to commence the suit de novo—but I am afraid you come too late for such a motion. Mr. Cox submitted, that as this was the case of a solicitor of that Court, who had purchased the impropriate tithes of St. 'Helens, and was suing the inhalkantafor the full tithe of Qs. 9d. in the pound, his Honour would grant the motion, which would: enable the defendants to meet the justice of the case. .:The Vicri.CHANcsi , Loa.—That does not make any change in the nature of your application here. If the plaintiff has a right to the tithes, his claim here must be treated like that of any other person having a similar claim. I will not say that lam not well inclined to grant the motion ; hut I can no t d o th a t a t thi s tim e , which which would so much prejudice the plaintiff's case.—Ap plimition refused, with costs. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. GUILDHALL.-.-THE KING v. Maim - am—One Mr. Mi chael Mahoney, a sturdy young Emeralder, straight as an arrow, barring his nether extremities, which have taken the liberty of swerving out of the perpendicular, something a la parenthesis- 7 was Charged, with having assaidted Mary, the wife of William Dockeray, by knocking her down, and giving her one kick on the side, at two o'clock in the morning. Mrs. Dockeray deposed that her husband is a carpenter, resid ing in Plum-tree-court, Holborn; and he being very much in disposed, took a fancy to a rasher of broiled ham and a pot of porter, at two o'clock in the morning of Monday last. (.;once= gnently, late as it was, she went ont to purchase them, and as she was going along Cow-lane, anxiously looking for a lutcon shop, at which to purchase the rasher of ham aforesaid, she met the defendant, Michael Mahoney, who, without giving her any notice at all, knocked her down, and when she was down, kicked her violently nn the side. Mr. Michael Mahoney, in his defence, said—"Plase your Ho nour, I'd been at a herring." "What is a herring ?" asked the Alderman. "Larry Noonan was dead, and they made his herring that day, and I was at it, your Honour," replied Mr. Michael Ma honey. " But what had Larry Noonan's burying to do with your knocking down Mrs. Dockeray ?" said the Alderman. " Ah, well then, your Honour; there was drink, and some of it got into nte head." "Well, Fo, on." " So I did, your Honour, as fast as I could ; and two of them WU at the corner talking, and the one that . was'nt so tall as this, ax'd me to take a walk, and for the penny I bad, to buy her a rnouth'll o' bread." " Go on, Sir—what of all this?" " Then I did, but she wouldn't, and there was a hit of a skrimmage ; and one of my hands went into her 114d —that's the one wasn't so tall as this." " Well, Sir—why do you pause ? What ',r l / 4 1mt bad .rither of your hands to go into anybody's pocket?" " Sure,'afther me mu penny she bad in it, your Honour !" re plied 'Mr. Michael Mahoney ; and there he stopped again, ap parently, well satisfied that he had made a very clear and Ratio factory defence. • Howbeit, neither the Alderman nor any boily 0;e could understand it; and whilst they were yet in doubt, one of the smallest and thinnest Irishmen we ever raw popped up into the witness box, and said, • " Will I get lave to spake to your Wership ?" " Were you present at this squabble ?" asked the Alderman. "'lndeed was it was no squabble at all, only just clean blackguard assault as ever was done." " And pray where had you been till that time in the morning? —Had you also been at a burying ?" " Not a hit of burying, your Worilip, at any time, it was munuacripts ViettO wtrititig:-,.ax I do ovvry tiigkt--morattitimot. till tweilvii o'clock. sontatlmos till one, and sometimes till two, may be—just according as I find convenient; and when I'm tired of them manuscripts I walk out for the air and the exercise." " Manuscripts !—What sort of manuscripts are you engaged upon ?" asked his Worship with some surprise—for he seemed to think it iumpeassible that, in this bookselling age, any manuscript maker could be so lean and an poorly clad as was this witness; and therefore be asked him, " What sort of manuscripts can you be engaged Upon ?" " :Your Worship, I'm only two years home from South Africa, and num taking notes of . any travels.!" replied the: witness, with a low bow; and his Worship—having observed that he ahould have thought it would have been better to take the notes of his travels whilst beWas traVellieg; than two years after they were over, de sired him to relate what he knew of the affair betweeu Mr. Michael Mahoney and Mrs. Dockeray• " 1 shall, Sir," said. the African traveller.; and thereupon ha related how, as he was taking the air in Cow-lan* Smithfield," he saw, at a short distance before him, Mr. Mahoney in the act of knocking down Mrs. Dockeray, and kicking her when she was down ; and how, when he ran between them to prevent farther violenre, Mr. Mahoney took up his list, and knocked him down atop of Mrs. Dockeray. ".och ! plase your Honour," cried Mr. Mahoney,: " this is the very little chap did it himself ;"--he comes up and ketches me by the collar, and I ounly give him a bit of a above away from me, and he went hindermost agen the lady and knocked her down. Bind him down to the law, your Honour, for he did it hi mei f." " What countryman are you, Mr. Mahoney ?" said his Wor ship ? Irish, your Honour—county Roscommon, the youngest of six, and three years in England, helping the bricklayers when I can get it." " Then you will find hail to answer these complaints at the Sig,sions, Mr. Mahoney, and I hope it will ha a warning to you to behave more peaceably in future," rejoined the Alderman; and Mr. Mahoney having no bail at all, was 'notched off to prison. The parish officers of St. Dunstan*" in the West, appeared to answer the complaint of a man named James Maaters, wi le charged them with detaining him a prisoner in their. Workhouse, under pretence that he was insane ; but in reality for the purpose of -possessing t h emse l ves of a pension o f o n e shilli n g a n d a half penny a d a y to w hi c h h e was e ntitl e d as an o ut-pe ns i oner o f Chelsea Hospital. " ! am, no more insane than they are," added he ;" and yet, in spite of my continual remonstrances, they bare kept me there more than twelve months, on the pretext of insa nity. But it is not to be wondertsl at, whilst they are drawing seven shillings and threepence halfpenny a week from Chelsea Hospital on account of my pension, and paying only four and four-pence: a week for my keep. They are making a b one fide profit o f me , an d they'll kin, me a prisoner for ever and a day unless your Worship interferes on my behalf." The parish officers said the complainant was a parishioner of theirs, and about eighteen Months ago he was removed to their workhouse from Windsor in a state of coercion, being at that time decidedly insane. Ile had been confined come time at Windsor; and was sent to them with a charge of 181. for professional attend ance, lee. ; which charge they had paid. They would willingly have discharged hint long ago, but they did not consider them selvea justified in doing so at present, Dr. Warburton haying de.. Glared by his c er tifi cate that he waa ' still of unsound mind. "Aye," said the complainant, ei I know Dr. Warburton well enough to know that he is like all ether doctors—when he has o nce pronounced a n o pi n i on, ' neither Il i avennor earth can induce hire to change' it. I did not serve 82 years in the'atrny without knowing pretty well what sort of fins doctors are ; and I know if I am not to be restored to my rights and liberties until Doctor War button ch ange* hi s opinion, I shall remain a pauper prisoner for the rest of my life, and th e p ar iah will enjoy the profit of it." After a long conversation it was arranged that his complaint should be reheard on the morrow. LAMB ETH - STREET.—Some days Sinoe Captain Monroe, insane, for care and a gentleman of fortune, ap pli e d to the Magistrates of this o f fire for their advic e an d ass i stance in the recovery o f his son, Young alai), 28 years of age, who had been for some time missing. On that occa s i on Mr. Monree stated that he had by T i3 he dll it , placid his son, w h o was unfoetunately protection with ' a perso n n amed Bell, in Baene a _ p l ace, ing annri n sed o traieof c t o h u e id eir b e e um f at o ::: Magistrates a h tvi e h ex ad pre, t, , e s e e n d Mile end-road; but he had lately received information, without be-, gave directions to the officers t° b th u ei t r sti s l o i rrow at the event, and miming. He had made every . iluluirY in his power for him, ' render every assistance in their power. All eff or t s , however; proved fruitless, and on Monday Mr. Mon r o e aga i n applied stating that from what information he was able to collect in the neighbourhood, he had eve ry eve reason to think that from the savage manner in which Mr. Tiell had treated his unfortunate son, there was .but,too much reason to suppose that he had destroyed him. lie hoped, therefore, that a wart:opt would be granted for his apprehension. The Magistrate declined issuing the warrant, hut at the same time granted a summons for Mr. Bell and those persons whom Mr. Monroe said would substantiate his cha r g e . Yesterday, in consequence, all the parties were in attendance, and Mr. Monroe recapitulated his charge, adding that his suspi cions were strengthened by the circumstance of Mr. Bell stating, that on the day on'which his son was missed, he took hiM out to walk towards Battersea, while, in point of fact, he was seen on the evening of that day coming into town from Bow. Mr. HARDWICK.—What interest could he have in destroying your son ? Mr. Monroe.—As to interest, 1 don't know, but it may have happened that while they were out, Bell, who was in the habit of treating him most cruelly, might in a quarrel have given him a blow which killed him. Mr. HARDWICK.—ReaIIy this is a most extraordinary charge, it. is perfectly groundless and unsupported. There is no evidence whatsoever for me to act upon, I must therefore dismiss the case. Mr. Bell, before leaving the office, denied the charge of cruelty altogether, and said that he never made use of greater coercion than was absolutely necessary to restrain the young man from acts of violence he also hinted that Mr. Monroe himself was sub jected to the same malady with which his son was afflicted. No account has as yet been received of ,the young man. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—An old woman applied to Sir GEORG/ PARRANI 4 for protection against her neighbour, Daniel Buckley. To put Sir . George in possession of the circum stances of her case, she hamlet! him a letter, of which the follow ing is a copy :--.. " CASE. " Ann Hogan, of No. 22, Church-lane, Iluckeridge-street, St. Giles's, , ,has been abused, insulted, and asaaulted so repeatedly by Daniel: Buckley, a labourer, who resides in the same bottle above-nUintioned, that having been beaten by him so often and unmercifully, and that he has threatened to take her life away *e vent] times, which has put the said Ann Hogan in such bodily fear that she conceives her life to be in immediate danger, and therefore humbly prays the aid and protection of the Worshipful Magistrates of Marlborough-street, and she now attends in person to take the oath to bind the said Daniel Buckley to keep'the peace, her life being now in danger. As she has no means of supporting herself and son (ten years old) hut from hard work, she humbly prays the aid of the Court to grant her a poor warrant, for which she will ever have the sincerest gratitude ; and, as in duty bound, will ever pray. " Dated July 24, 1826. " To the Worshipful Magistrates of Marlborough-street Police-office." _ . _ Sir GEORGE said, a prettier specimen of special pleading he had not seen' for some time. He should wish to know the name of the learned gentleman who prepared it. Mrs. Hogan, in a plaintive tone, assured his Worship that the gentleman was very clever, and he practised the law. She was introduced to him by a friend, who had a case of a like nature drawn up by him, and she succeeded. Sir Gisonar said, it was a pity that the gentleman was not bet ter known to the public, as he had no doubt but that he would be a great acquisition.—(Laughter.)—lf Mrs. Hogan would swear that she apprehended ti:om this Mr. Daniel Buckley any bodily fear, he should grant her the warrant. Mrs. Hogan declared she was afraid of being murdered, as Daniel Buckley threatened to " whip her heart's blood • into froth." Sir Groaux said if that was the case he should grant the war. rant. Mrs. Hogan thanked his Worship, and left the office. Ellen Donovan . was charged with stealing Silk stockings, ri bands, an4l gloves,'the prpperty of Miss Loyee; a native of France, residing at 55, in the Quadrant, Regent-street, • Miss Loyce stated, that the prisoner. was in the service of her landlord. On Saturday last, (luting her absence, the prisoner pilfered, her apartments, and succeeded in taking away x 201. note, a sovereign, two pair of silk stockings, two pair 'of sleeves, and a new pair of gloves and four pieces of riband, all of which she took with her. . She was. apprehended on Monday evening by a constable. She returned the 201. note, but denied having taken the sovereign. Boothman, the constable, searched a box belonging to the pri soner, and found the silk stockings, the aleeves, the four pieces of rihand, and the gloves, which the prisoner acknowledged to lave stolen. 'bliss Loyee iderstitieft her property. him was boomd over with the constable to prosecute at the next Sesations, and the prisoner was committed fur trial. THE ARMY. Tlie 24l Battalion of the Coldstream Guards embarked on Mon day at Liverpoei, for Dublin. The 2d Battalion, of the Grenadier Regiment of Guards, having been relieved in Dublin by the td Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, was expected to Arrive yesterday at Liveryool; where it is directed to remain till fuither orders. Two Cempanim of the I'7th Regiment of Infantry have arrived at Liverpool, from Scotland, and marc hed for Preston. On the morning of Tuesday and Wednesday the detaciament of the 17th Regiment of ; Foot left Paisley, under orders for Lanca, iiliire. 'On its removal being announced, a letter, signed by the Provost and Magistrates, was forwarded to the Commanding Of ficer, Major Croker, expressive of the very high sense they enter tained of the extreme propriety of conduct which has characterized that fine body of men since their arrival in the town. Major Croker, in reply, returned thanks in the handsomest manner for himself and the corps, adding their general good wishes for the future prosperity of Paisley. The 17th, to whom this well-me rited compliment hasbeen paid, are replaced by the 42d Regiment. The hop,bines in the plantations at Wiltshire, near this city, are healthy, free from vermin, and coming into burr. Those.beionging tolVir. Brooke are growing fast,notwith standing the continued' rought.—Facter Flying Post. The inhabitants of New Bond-street were last night thrown into a state of alarm and confusion, in (=sequence of the premises of Messrs., Hudson ' Storey, and C o ., I lb. of that street, having been discov e r e d to he on fire. A little past ten o'clock the flames burst with great fury through the windows; and although the engines quickly arrived on the spot, their opera tions Could not check the progress.of the devouring element until the entire house was burnt to the ground, Much valtutble stock in trade and household furniture were consumed in the conflagra tion. The lire, it is believed, originated in a candle having been incautiously left by one of the journeymen in the work-room. • inquisition o,• An Was yesterday afternoon taken at Mr. Willis's Factory, in Lombard-street, in the Bomugh of South. ware, on the body of Richard Morris, a pauper, farmed out there from the parish of St. Leonard, ai ing been confined i n th e bl ac k hole, for disorderly conduct on Sandy last, had, i n a tt empt i ng to escape, entangled his head in such a 'manner betw een two b oards, as to cause suffixation. Ed ----staleaP, in t h e c i ty , w h o hav ing Ward' Golding, the overseer of the place, stated, that paupers were. ' taken in to farm there from numerous parishes in the city, and were employed principally in making worsted twist. The de ceased had been there about Seven years. On Saturday last the paupetv, as is customary, were permitted to go 'out at three o'clock iu the afternoon, to see their friends,. with injunctions to re turn by te n at . ni-ht s The deceased, however, did not return till eight the next morning, and was then 'in a very drunken state. Soon after he went out again ; he returned shortly after, and be haved so outrageously that it was found necessary to put him in the black -hole. This was about twelve o'clock in the day. About an hour afterwards, witness had occasion to go to the warehouse, and saw hint with his.head through the hole. Did not particu larly observe him, but, believes he was then alive. Did not see him again till nine o'clock at night, when on going to get the shutters he found him with his head hanging from the hole. lie Was quite dead. Verdict; " Accidental Death," accompanied by a recommendation to the proprietors in future to pay more at tention to persons confined there. Yesterday evening an inquest was holden at the King's Bead Tavern, Shoreditch. before Mr. Unwin,onvirewm to the body of a young female, named Sarah Nand, who w u pi c k e d up from the Regent' s . Canal. Several circumstance, gave the opinion ' that being disappointed in her affections, ,she com mitted the rash act of self-destruction. Matthew Causton, the sweetheart of the demised, examined :—I reside with my father, in Pleasant-row, and have known thedeceased for two y e ars; the last time I saw her alive was at half-past nine o'clock on Sunday evening, when we parted at the Kingsland turnpike; I then stopped for about 20 minutes with two friends, and as I was re turning home Over the bridge, I overtook her; I did not then speak, but Passed on to the distance of 100 yards, and a woeful time saw her. She continued to walk about for some time, and a t len gth jumped down the bank, and plunged into the canal. I gave an alarm instantly, a n d l ea p e d in att e r her; I seized her, but she pushed me under 'water, and prevented my saving her. The de ceased appeared much agitated when she left me, and also when walking. about her discourse was occasionally rambling. Verdict Suicide conunimd Wbils'insane.." THE MARXETS. (From the London New Price Current.) Corroer—There was a good business done in our Cotton market last week, the sale amounting to about 1,400 bales, via, in bend, 780 Surats 4id a 5111, 210 Bengali 4d a sd, 120 Madras 4id a's(l, 260 Pernams 10d a bold ; and duty paid, 50 Pernams I Ide 20 Demerara gici.—The inquiries after Cotton continue, but the buyers only purchase where parcels offer low ; 400 bags Bengal sold last night at a small reduction, 40 a 4jd ; they had been previously put up to public sale ; a email parcel of fine Demerara' lid and SUGAR.—The transactions in Muscovades were rather exten sive last week, as the trade were out of stock, and the importers showed every disposition to meet the buyers, and sold a Ask under the previous market prices. On Friday, the market was again checked by 3781 bags Mauritius Sugars selling Is per ore lower, and.further extensive safes being declared far the present week.—The show of new Muecovades at market this Morning as most extensive ; the consequence has been a full attendanced buyers, but they evinced no inclination to purchase early in the day, on account of the accuinulation of stock ; it is now POO casks more than last year; the weekly deliveries continue exten sive; it would therefore appear the consumption of this article is not so much checked by the state of the country as mightstave been anticipated. At the close of the day, the sale); were edi' mated at 1100 calla; ; the prices without the slightest variation The Barbadoes sale, 120 hhds 10 tierces, sold steadily at the pre" vious prices. The Refined market appeared heavy last week; the Grocers appearing to buy only for their immediate wantse and the exporters not appearing to be buyers, but at the elms of the market it was found that the buying privately had been ellen' sive, and few goods were offering for sale, the crushers WWI taken all the Lumps off which were offering at 74s and 751 1 / 2 °nu the wholesale Grocers having taken large parcels off the market' few goods were offering, and the market apparently bare of Re' fined Sugars.--Molaseeti were 24s 6d. a 25s.—The improvemen t in the Refined market continues this morning ; several redoes' tensive orders for shipment appear, particularly for the Mediler ranian ; no Lumps under 75e. ; the Grocers continue their ea' chases for the home consumption of the country, and the marke t is now very indifferently supplied with goods. lifolaetes are 24s 6d.—ln Foreign Sugars, some purchases of good white lie' vermeil were reported at 37s ed and 38e, and some fine yell° Siam at public sale went off 26s 6d and 275. COFFEE.—The Coffee market was in a very feverish and un certain state last week; some good ordinary coloury Janu' iAs (nearly tine ordinary) selling at 445, good ordinary at 480 644, , some Domingo, for money, reported at *ls and 425, but. this stl t ', , of the market (lid not last long ; fine ordinary Jamaica selling _ A. ; 48s a 525; some good ordinary St. Domingo sold at 48: yesterday 44-s 6d reported to be realised, but the market wee very uncertain state, and the currency of the day was veryddll ia ] to quote. The accounts from Flanders yesterday were rather favnu i/bl :4 for Coffee. The Netherlands Company put up 16,700 h sll° .', o which about 1300 bags sold Is. per cwt. higher than the lire vl° ,,, market price.; ; and as considerable buyers had come from 5111 ' 1 7 - of the interior to purchase at this sale, they took pereele lj wards to sonic extent, by private contract, at a further itth nle Is per cwt. On this intelligence transpiring, there will 14 0 ,1 bustle in our Coffee market, and a parcel of St. Doming o ordinary sold at 44e rel. There was only one public ee ls t forenoon, it consisted of 100 casks 60 bags British Plante tl°° : good ordinary rank and mixed Jamaica 44s a 4.55, fine tine (finery 5514 lid, low middling bile 6d a 59s ; fine tine 011 „ 11 % 1 1 , Dutch 54s ; the whole went of at full prices, ' e and we atv lso in market improving both in the spirit of the buyers an- . e a s t the prices. For St. Domingo, whirli we noticed aspureho 60, 42s for money, 45s has been offered and refused, anti for 6n 's ordinary St. Domiugo 456 6d is stated to b e refused, but die° little of the latter at market. Impinge—The Qmipaey's sale of East India Indigo, 0 . ieg of 6806 chests (112 having been withdrawn), which 4 . inenced on the 11th inst., finished on the 20th inst. The Oude Indigo, of which there were about 1100 elle e l T . were nearly all taken in, or refused at the taxation. The si ping deacriptions of Indigo sold from 3d a9d per lb. under previous market prime The sale went off With much aniimittene owing entirely to very considerable Continental orders ; the }same trade having bought much less than usual. 'The peapeietorn '4 taken in but a very small proportion of the good qualities: . kf Since the sale the demand fur this article bas.continued bu s b , and some of the bought-in lots have , been sold at 341. advance. The East India Company have been obliged to ploy an additional number of hunts, and to work extra h° . *limb is the anxiety of the merchants to ehip their bate purclow - ee e Coeureezet.—By public sale .on Friday, a small Cochineal, the Silver was bought in 14s. and 14s. 6d, the 16a a 17s. FRUIT.—The demand for Valentia Raisins continues bt g ' but, in consequence of the importers demanding higher pnn the sales have been checked for the present; reel S m yrna cs d C h i e i s a r s b ° p t c a rai barrelsorntitashol there .", Ra i s i ns lsr naaitcie th • t e msesie a ts leo a4l,r4te b; raa n ti4 in isil.yra n ;na lo ill i y e sßaiop req uibsi uese irlinii,sab ; ii; e : e .:cin th s, " :t os ijoyda l 4l; do. 38s. not sold. favourable;Hors.—The accounts from th e H o p Pl an t at i ons are 1 10 t ee,l° the fire bleat considerable, and they do ;lott o kindly into burr; the d u ty f rom 200,0001. has fai ltil eee 180,000/1 It ought, however, to be mentioned, that the rains are expected to produce beneficial effects; the prices of 9 1 9 in London are quite nominal. interelita i Rust, ERA N DT, and ' Horeeme ns. —The houses 4 1, the Spirit trade continue to watch the Corn market with t dd interest, and as the prices generally were higher. Runs are al with increasing firmness; a parcel of Leewards sold last oce m „, Is 11)d, but scarcely any parcels now offer under Is 11 ,1 1 dy small lots of tine Jamaica have litho sold at full priccs."""rifle• is heavy, and offered on lower terms, without 6(41414 60 g • e. lu Geneva there is no alteration ; the prices in Holland ar e vaneing. At the close of the market, several sales o f flat Jamaica Rums were reported, 30 t o 32 over 31 a3 l hr 31 6d, and 40 over Demerara pal e 3 s 6d. — Th e on ly 8r5,,..,. 14- g ir qtdred after is the old, newly land e d, a b out 3 3 lod ; ° ln ' . gkeited entirely. ti ebi Otis.—There are partial s a l es of Fish Oils for the butne,,,,s' the prices are unvarieeL Linseed Oil rather higher: P 7 shade lower. it ! lower, FLAX, AND TaLtow.—The improvemen t llf Tallow is considerable ; th e new 34s a 24s 6d. lfietoP y 11 % 1 4 ge t v l ar l r e ,ir ia p gr ot t in ie l oisi n ui t et ;d 7o e i r Flax .e_ tr r u na ct t eo l lo ee n i r t t h o i io n , f il i g it e : e h errs e t :er of o i p m T ; P :t h ih r eot e v g : in is d n era ot a , n h d oc O ci P er a : l 4 l4-fir thee advance in price to be quoted. Adr SlLL—There is rather more doing Silica; the ball press sales, en account of the statements sin rece not ived aPPear rer in:t4 e ra: t • liee t e ° new crop in America. The purchases of Tobacco eiflr . e (t)11,4 to are confined to email parcels to the trade; Virgiuin t 1 the manufacturete 4141 to 50, anti very bad Maryland ' er a 2 Tt il et . .—The Market looks heavy ; there are sellers al P H o o p l r ule k a i. t xt si sal z t i4B P: ou e p tte. o rkes it rsn si ye o in tr , pa s ni . nb -T ise T tea li saied ere y, tam i h s is lit hfo tt io e rifni n irtoo ew hne: to la i do4 in v t an i bar ce ce ... eon : ticipated, owing to the late favourable rains. ini °lt6' fine quality, sold at 10141, and 100 bags 10i41 and 10 n' agi b4l 6 . Sricas.—By public sate this forenoon—Cinualmr,'_ e lH e 49 chest' ; 2 d quality Is. 6(1. a ss. Id. ; 3d, 2a. in 1705 bags; grey unsifted Sid. a Sid. b r i g ht u nsifted uum Cfeli Pr S i d * —Catein Lignea, 458 chests; good M. a 51, igq god ( 4/. 7s. a 4/. 10s.—Mace, 33 casks 3 chests; 3s. 44 1 . I ° W o tc ads..-. 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